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That is one of the best lenses in my collection, highly undercrated next to its' brothers the ‘cron and ‘lux both of which I have owned.

Wish I was with you… keep the images comming…

I too wish that I was there. Thanks for starting the thread Jack so that we can all vicariously participate. Beautiful shots and colors, Jack and David. Maybe I'll be able to make it next year … or the trip can be moved to Bali or somewhere else exotic in Asia. 😉

Roger,
You guessed right. It was my idea to take the group shot at the start of the trip, as I will be sleeping in my clothes as the week progresses.

Hi Cam,

I always like to see pictures from Hawaii. Such a beautiful place. Regarding your question David wrote the following: “Keep in mind we have no file quotas or maximum pixel dimension limits on attachments. As long as the JPG is under 20MB, you can attach as large a file as you like. The system will automatically create a 550px…[Read more]

There is actually no question here. It is 100% certain that they are star trails and not an error with the camera. This is just the behavior of the planet at night!

Hi all,

Can we do a test with the same condition but Instead of focusing at infinity we deliberately make the shot out of focus (say turn the focus ring to it's nearest focusing limit). If the result image still have the relatively sharp ‘white lines' then it is the camera problem. If the lines are blur, soft or even not registered then…[Read more]

This week i am the armchair traveler. Wish i could have attended but maybe next year.

Definitely a motley crew that sleeps in their clothing. I noticed that jack was prepared for the group shot ? LOL

Miss being there best wishes for great light!

A few of my shots from our first day….

Mirror Lake in Woodstock, NH

Leica S2 with 35mm, 1/30th @ f/11, ISO 160, Schneider 0.9 Soft Grad ND, Tripod

Leica S2 with 180mm, 1/4th @ f/11, ISO 160, Schneider 0.9 Soft Grad ND, Tripod

Leica S2 with 120mm, 1/30th @ f/4, ISO 160, B+W Circular Polarizer, Tripod

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Great. Enjoy your trip and keep us posted. 😉

Hello to all the other film shooters.

Yes, I do shoot a bit of digital, but only with a point and shoot for quick shots of renovations etc.

I shoot everything else in film using both Leica M4-P and my Mamiya 6 systems. I simply like the look I get from film. Well, OK there are other reasons as well. I find that archiving digital,…[Read more]

Hello All,

Well I have had a number of Leica 50mm lenses, so I will list them and why I like or Don't like / have them anymore.

Leica 50mm f/2 Summicron Collapsable: Good Lens. Low Contrast. Liked it for B/W but didn't like the bright chrome finnish.

Leica 50mm f/2 Summicron Version 4: This was a great lens. I have never seen…[Read more]

As you might guess… I don t shoot this type of subject much. I am really into street shooting and some sports ..so i am more likely to be working with an M9 or D3s.

I believe you are correct about the star trails…but i was trying to determine if they were this large because the star moved that far in 32s or if its from overloading a…[Read more]

Take it from an aurora photographer…those are star trails. Your camera is perfect (well, at least in this way). We are on a spinning rock…if you want stars to be point sources (especially on 37.5mp), you need very short exposure times (just a few seconds) or a tracking tripod (don't even know what they are called) like the ones used in astronomy.

I laughed at first, but I guess there are certain things that people don't shoot often, myself included and so I won't know about at first! No disrespect here, and love your photos on your site. However, I don't expect a problem with your camera!

I think the biggest telltale signs that this is star trails is that in your reference images,…[Read more]

Its using the current firmware .

I expect its star trails as well . Nothing shows up when shooting in a dark room. however I doubt the star moved that far in a 32 s exposure . Is this similar to pixel overloading when shooting a bright point source. Something like this was reported on the M9 .

I ve never heard of landscape…[Read more]

These are definitely star trails!

Roger:

From here they look like star trails. Have you tried photographing a dark wall or something similar where you can eliminate all other variables? I have never seen an issue like this on the S2. Also, have you verified that your firmware is updated?

attached an easy to see example . ISO160 32S exposure . Similar diagonal stripes in other images less dramatic and they don t seem to show up in shorter exposures.

I think Diglloyd found a similar issue on a M9 ..have to do more work to tell.

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Nice work, especially since you said you were not in the mood. I look forward to seeing your work when you are in the mood.